This week on Catskill Review of Books, Friday 27 Jan, at 15:30 on WJFF FM 90.5 and podcast on WJFFradio.org, Gail Pellett, on her book Forbidden Fruit – 1980 Beijing, A Memoir http://amzn.to/2kxUCmu On Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/catskill-review/gail-pellett On Audioport at http://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=112619&nav=& And on dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/s/hazhgbyh4w9f5a5/Gail%20%20Pellett.mp3?dl=0 http://syndicatednews.net KPVL 89.1 FM Every Monday 1200 noon Iowa WGXC 90.7-FM Wednesday 3 pm NY WTJU, 91.1 Central Virginia, Friday 5:30 am WAZU 90.7 Thursdays 2 pm Illinois WRFI 88.1 Friday 5 am […]
Continue ReadingI will be talking about: Forbidden Fruit—1980 Beijing, a Memoir on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at noon til 1:30 pm at International Affairs Bldg 1AB, Room 501B (118th St. & Amsterdam Av). NYC. Event sponsored by the Technology, Media & Advocacy Concentration of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
Continue ReadingA review of Forbidden Fruit—1980 Beijing came as total surprise…August 16, 2016
Continue Reading“…Forbidden Fruit captures a specific, peculiar moment in time and place, what it was like to be a foreigner in Beijing at the beginning of Deng’s reform era, as well or better than any book I’ve read. Forbidden Fruit reminded me, too, that in spite of the obstacles, it was possible at times to connect.”
Continue ReadingLively and engaged audience for Forbidden Fruit—1980 Beijing, at Books Inc. in Palo Alto, CA: Beijingers, ex-pats, scholars, writers & readers. Books Inc. is surviving with a beautiful extensive selection when other bookstores are wobbling and contracting.
Continue ReadingGreat turnout at Book Passage in SF: Beijingers, ex-pats, scholars, China watchers, politicians, writers, readers.
Continue ReadingLively and engaged crowd at Laurel Bookstore in Oakland for book event, June 17:
Continue ReadingKirkus Review “highly engaging…richly remembered…marvelously deft.”
Continue ReadingReview of Forbidden Fruit—1980 Beijing, a Memoir in Portland Review of Books
Continue ReadingThis is the best interview so far! Rob Lorei (on his program “Radioactivity” on WMNF, an NPR station in Tampa) had clearly read the entire book and read deeply. His questions were smart. We should all be so lucky to be interviewed by Lorei. Here’s the link to listen. This is his entire program. My interview starts about 5 min. in and continues for 35 min. http://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_160531_110617_radioactivityT1_187.MP3 1975 on the air at WBAI, Pacifica Network, New York
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